Kiffin 'excited' to be back in NFL with Cowboys

Summary of 6 articles · Updated Jan 23, 2013

“You just take the job because of the people you’re with and who you’re going to work for,” Kiffin said. “We have to get the people in the right positions now,” Kiffin said. With the Cowboys, Kiffin will now have to face Kelly's Eagles twice in the regula… (more)r season. Kiffin said the Cowboys' ability to move from a 3-4 defensive scheme to a 4-3 wasn't a factor in his decision to take the position because he feels he can make the defense work. The 72-year-old Kiffin told Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com that the prospect of working for the Cowboys had him excited to get back to work as a defensive coordinator, where he can implement his Tampa 2 defense. Kiffin has to deal with Eli Manning and the New York Giants , and how could we forget about Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins Were the moves the Cowboys made this offseason switching from a 3-4 scheme to a 4-3 specifically designed to stop division foes? "Well, when you’ve been coaching as long as he has, he has experience in every area, without being trite," Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said. While many men his age are sipping a glass of prune juice and reading a newspaper this time of day, Monte Kiffin was out interviewing prospective football players in Mobile, Ala. this morning. And that had him fired up.

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